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FTC Hearings On Competition, Consumer Protection Begin This Week After CCIA, Stakeholder Input
September 12, 2018
Washington -- -The Federal Trade Commission begins a series of hearings Thursday on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” CCIA welcomes the opportunity to be involved in subst...
CCIA Regrets EU Copyright Vote, Calls For A Balanced Outcome in Final Negotiations
September 12, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association regrets the European Parliament’s decision today to adopt upload filters for a broad range of online platforms and to intr...
EU Terrorist Content Proposal, Good Intentions But Risks To Online Rights And Europe’s Tech Sector
September 12, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today the European Commission presented its proposal for a regulation on ‘preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.’ This proposal puts a range of new obligati...
Copyright: MEPs Voss, Cavada and cross-party group of 50 MEPs’ amendments (239-250-251) endanger open online platforms
September 11, 2018
Last July, a majority of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) rejected the draconian provisions of the copyright directive. Tomorrow the plenary will vote on a new version of the directive.
Prop...
CCIA Offers Court Arguments To Restore Net Neutrality
August 27, 2018
Washington -- As part of an ongoing court case to restore net neutrality, the Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed an intervenor brief in Mozilla Corporation v. Federal Communi...
CCIA Files Comments Ahead Of FTC Hearings
August 20, 2018
Washington --The Federal Trade Commission has asked for public comments on a variety of competition and consumer protection-related issues. The topics range from antitrust enforcement in the digital a...
CCIA Files Brief Ahead Of Upcoming Apple App Store Supreme Court Case
August 17, 2018
Washington -- As the Apple v. Pepper case heads to the Supreme Court, tech companies as well as businesses that rely on services uniting buyers and sellers are watching the outcome to see how it will ...
Tech Industry Offers Recommendations Ahead of G20 Digital Economy Ministerial
August 16, 2018
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association released a statement, along with 10 other industry associations today, offering recommendations for the members of the G20 ahead of...
CCIA Applauds End Of Sinclair Merger Proposal
August 9, 2018
Washington -- Tribune Media has announced that it is pulling out of the proposed merger with Sinclair Broadcasting. The deal began faltering last month after the FCC announced it was referring the cas...
FCC Proposal Will Speed Up High-Speed Broadband Deployment
August 2, 2018
Washington -- The FCC voted today to approve a proposal by Chairman Pai to better enable broadband buildout. The One Touch Make Ready (OTMR) proposal would reduce costs and cut down on timelines for...
European Commission Issues Problematic Antitrust Decision Against Android
July 18, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission today issued an antitrust decision against Google with respect to its Android mobile operating system (OS). The decision alleges that Google’s practice o...